John Lothrop Motley: A MemoirTrübner & Company, 1878 - 275 páginas |
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Página 238 - Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name; yet our soundest knowledge is to know that, we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him: and our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, when we confess without confession that his glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon earth; therefore it behoveth our words to be wary...
Página 49 - This star is but newly risen ; and erelong the observation of numerous star-gazers, perched up on arm-chairs and editor's tables, will inform the world of its magnitude and its place in the heaven of" — not poetry in this instance, but that serene and unclouded region of the firmament where shine unchanging the names of Herodotus and Thucydides. Those who had always believed in their brilliant schoolmate and friend at last felt themselves justified in their faith.
Página 75 - A history as complete as industry and genius can make it now lies before us, of the first twenty years of the revolt of the United Provinces * * * All the essentials of a great writer Mr.
Página 176 - President regards that concession as a part of the case only so far as it shows the beginning and the animus of that course of conduct which resulted so disastrously to the United States.
Página 278 - Of Time, thy glorious writings speak for thee And in the answering heart of millions raise The generous zeal for Right and Liberty. And should the days o'ertake us, when, at last, The silence that — ere yet a human pen Had traced the slenderest record of the past — Hushed the primeval languages of men Upon our English tongue its spell shall cast, Thy memory shall perish only then.
Página 69 - En revanche, the dead men of the place are my intimate friends. I am at home in any cemetery. With the fellows of the sixteenth century I am on the most familiar terms. Any ghost that ever flits by night across the moonlight square is at once hailed by me as a man and a brother. I call him by his Christian name at once.
Página 107 - SOON after Mr. Motley's arrival in Vienna I received a long letter from him, most of which relates to personal matters, but which contains a few sentences of interest to the general reader as showing his zealous labors, wherever he found himself, in behalf of the great cause then in bloody debate in his own country : — November 14, 1861. . . . What can I say to you of cis- Atlantic things? I am almost ashamed to be away from home. You know that I had decided to remain, and had sent for my family...
Página 116 - I am afraid of using too extravagant language if I say all I think about it. Was there ever anything more stinging, more concentrated, more vigorous, more just ? He has condensed into those few pages the essence of a hundred diplomatic papers and historical disquisitions and Fourth of July orations. I was dining a day or two since with his friend Lytton (Bulwer's son, attach^ here) and Julian Fane (secretary of the embassy), both great admirers of him, — and especially of the "Biglow Papers...
Página 278 - SLEEP, Motley ! with the great of ancient days, Who wrote for all the years that yet shall be; Sleep with Herodotus, whose name and praise Have reached the isles of earth's remotest sea ; Sleep, while, defiant of the slow decays Of time, thy glorious writings speak for thee, And in the answering heart of millions raise The generous zeal for Right and Liberty. And should the...